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IN THE ART OF PRINTING, ARANDELL STANDS APART
In terms of size, Arandell Corporation is one of North America’s largest private web offset printers. In terms of ownership, Arandell has been family owned for over 60 years. In terms of everything else, Arandell stands apart.
Arandell Printing
With our single “mega” plant, your job will never be bumped to another, less desirable plant.
Arandell Prepress
High Definition printing technology can increase customer satisfaction and lower customer returns.
Arandell Mailing & Logistics
Unique co-mailing technology enables small customers to realize the same postage savings as the big boys.
Arandell Education & Consulting
Let us show you how to achieve database, production and mailing efficiencies you never thought possible.
In all these ways, Arandell is more than
just a great price. We’re a great value.
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Founded in 1922, Arandell Corporation is respected as a leader in the web-offset printing industry.
The original firm was organized in 1922 by Ernest F. Riedelbach and George F. Lorio as R & L Services, Inc., and was engaged strictly in multigraphing and envelope addressing, as a letter shop, equipped to cast their own type. They furnished complete service and quickly became one of the leading letter shops in the Milwaukee area.
In 1935, Roger F. Owsley joined with Mr. Riedelbach and Mr. Lorio, as the major stockholder. Together, they purchased a sheetfed 17 x 22 Harris offset press. Their purpose was to launch a pioneer lithographing project in Milwaukee. This was the real beginning of Arandell Corporation as we know it today.
Despite the fact that the shadow of the depression threatened to overwhelm private enterprise, hard work, confidence and the will to succeed helped this new venture begin to show progress. Slowly, but surely, the lithographic part of the business progressed, the activity in the letter shop departments was curtailed, and the first lithographic salesman, Mr. Engelhardt, joined the firm as a partner.
Arandell continued to expand by adding a one-color 28 x 42 Harris and a four-color 35 x 45 Harris press. The litho art, plate and photo departments were enlarged and, in 1944, F. Edward Treis joined the sales staff.
It was not long before a change in management took place. On November 15, 1949, Mr. F.E. Treis purchased the interests of Roger F. Owsley. Mr. Treis was elected Chairman of the Board and President. It was then that the sales department was enlarged and the production department reorganized to meet the requirements of the market and economic conditions.
Mr. Treis’ strategy to upgrade printing involved a blending of craftsmanship with science. In the years that followed his purchase of Arandell Corporation, Mr. Treis fostered his technological revolution. No equipment salesman with new ideas or innovative testing devices was turned away. He considered any improvement in printing technology too important to ignore and any mechanical tool or electronic tool that could help the printing craftsman produce better quality was of vital importance to him and Arandell Corporation.
Mr. Treis and his staff came to the conclusion they needed to embark on a carefully planned program to bring all operations in the plant under a computerized controlled system whereby no function of the printing process is left to chance.
The science of printing at Arandell uses the corporate trademark, A – Image of Quality, as the discipline for computerized control. Mr. Treis and staff experimented with computerization for years but the trademark A – Image of Quality was officially put into effect in 1977.
By 1981, Arandell Corporation had grown to be the largest lithographic sheet fed printer in Southeast Wisconsin. At that time, principal products were annual reports, brochures, inserts, labels and small publications. Located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Arandell saw the need to expand beyond product line and the 60,000 square foot facility.
To meet the expansion prospect, Arandell Corporation purchased the E.F. Schmidt Company in 1981 to enter the four color web offset industry. A new 250,000 square foot plant in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin was occupied to facilitate this expansion.
Almost immediately, Arandell began dedicating its sales and production efforts to add the direct mail catalogs to its portfolio, along with publications and commercial printing. Beginning with the first major client, Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Arandell successfully grew to a nationally recognized supplier in the marketplace.
As the industry grew in size and sophistication, Arandell continued with its “state of the art” philosophy and established additional services to clients including mailing, distribution, list management and data based marketing strategies.
In June of 1994 and with the same pioneering spirit, Arandell-Schmidt joined Harris Graphics to help modify and improve press design and then installed the country’s first 24-page web M3000 (Sunday) press. There were many advantages to the new press and Arandell’s future. Larger cylinder size, “gapless” plate, blanket design and higher speeds were just a few ways the M3000 was designed to meet the more demanding needs of a growing industry.
More than eighty-five years after its start, Arandell Corporation is one of the top four catalog printers in the United States. In its state of the art production, mailing and distribution facility, Arandell is respected as a leader in the web offset printing industry.
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 | F.E. Treis Chairman Mr. Treis has distinguished himself through almost 63 years of leadership and commitment to making Arandell Corporation a major force in the printing industry. F.E. Treis joined Arandell Corporation, a sheetfed commercial printer, on January 1, 1944 as a sales representative. He acquired the business in 1949 and became its president and chairman. Under Treis’ leadership, Arandell grew from a Midwest area printer to a national firm with the acquisition of E. F. Schmidt, a web offset printer, in 1981. Treis has been a true pioneer in the development of second generation web offset equipment with the launch of the Harris M-3000 press in 1994. Harris needed a partner to bring the press to life and Arandell was at the top of the list. To this day, Mr. Treis strives to push the envelope and take the printing industry to a higher level. Throughout his years in the industry, Mr. Treis has had many professional accomplishments. Among them includes tenure on the board of the National Association of Printers and Lithographers (NAPL). In 1995, F.E. Treis was inducted into the Printing Industry Hall of Fame, which is co-sponsored by PRINTING IMPRESSIONS and the Rochester Institute of Technology School of Printing Management and Sciences. Nine years later, Mr. Treis was honored with the 2004 Web Offset Industry’s Harry V. Quadracci VISION Award for leadership, achievement, and visionary excellence in heatset web offset printing. Through all of his professional success, Mr. Treis has stayed an active member in his community. He has helped countless students break into the printing industry through a co-op program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, WI. For over three decades, Treis has hired and mentored students from the graphic arts departments within the University of Wisconsin system. |
 | Donald J. Treis CEO Don Treis has been involved in every aspect of the printing industry in a career that spans more than 40 years. Currently, he is responsible for overall operations, sales, financial projections and strategic planning at Arandell Corporation. Don joined Arandell in 1968 as vice president and controller after holding sales positions with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He has served as executive vice president, general manager, chief operating officer and president at Arandell. He assumed his current position in 2000. Don has been active in the Printing Industries of America-Wisconsin Board of Directors, and was appointed to Chairman of the Board in January 2008. In addition, he is currently a trustee on two Graphic Communications International Union pension fund boards. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and business from Marquette University. |
 | James R. Giencke President and COO Now in his 33rd year with Arandell Corporation, Jim Giencke continues to lead new technology and processes that deliver continuously improved quality for customers. He is on the forefront of the postal policies and operations as he serves on the Association for Postal Commerce (PostCom) Board of Directors. He is also served on the Board of Directors Executive Committee for Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) and Printing Industries of America and was Chairman of the GATF Research Committee. In 1984 he formed the High Speed Press Users Group of GCA and led it until all of the major M3000 issues that concerned the participants were resolved in 1998. He has also been involved in developing further advancements to the M3000 platform such as the 72” wide version and large roll capability of splicers to handle 5 foot diameter rolls. Jim joined Arandell after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stout with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology with a concentration in Graphic Arts Management. In 1985 he was awarded UW-Stout’s Distinguished Alumni Award. He has served as production control manager, vice president of manufacturing and engineering, plant manager, executive vice president/chief manufacturing officer and executive vice president/general manager. He is past treasurer and board member of the Graphic Communications Association, past member of the PGSF Board, board member and past chairman of the UW-Stout Graphic Arts Advisory Board, and member of the Waukesha Technical College Advisory Board. |
 | James F. Treis Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing Jim Treis, a 34-year veteran of Arandell, oversees all sales and marketing functions and is responsible for new business development and customer retention. He looks for customers’ needs and fills them with the printing industry’s latest trends and technology. Throughout the company’s evolution from a small, sheet-fed commercial printer to a complete, web-based printed process operation, Jim has played a significant role. These days, Jim markets Arandell on the technology front. Jim is committed to the printing industry and serves as a member of various organizations including the New England Mail Order Association (NEMOA), Direct Marketing Association (DMA), and the Catalog and e-Commerce Club of Northern California (CeCNC). He holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and Marketing from St. Norbert College. |
 | David C. Treis Vice President and General Manager Dave Treis has been with Arandell since 1990. In his time with Arandell, David has helped the company sustain growth with the installations of five Goss 3000 presses, as well as entering the perfect binding and co-mailing market. Dave serves as a director on the Web Offset Board, helping to guide the premier conference in the web industry. He also serves on the Labor Policy Committee, a group that generates a vision for the industry on all aspects of labor and management matters. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in arts and science from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin. |
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Protecting & Conserving for Tomorrow
We take our environmental responsibilities seriously. We understood long ago that being a good neighbor is good business and an important part of our image. Arandell has always been on the cutting edge of ecologically preferred methods of turning hazardous problems into productive uses, conserving resources, and protecting the environment.
Our philosophy…
- Provide leadership that encourages and supports actions that favor our natural environment.
- Promote the use of recycled and environmentally friendly materials throughout our operation.
- Offer our production facilities as a test site for new products that limit negative impact on the quality of air, water, and land.
- Continue to invest capital in the latest and most effective pollution control equipment.
- Maintain our commitment to surpass Federal and State laws regulating water and air quality.
- Collaborate with suppliers and customers to implement programs which limit the environmental impact of our product throughout its life-cycle from manufacturing to disposal.
Hazardous Materials
All hazardous materials are very closely monitored and stored in specially controlled rooms. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are all scanned and available online for your quick reference.
Hazardous waste is recycled or thermally incinerated. Outside vendors, such as Safety Clean, come in and pump chemicals out of some equipment and take it away for thermal incineration or recycling. 100 percent of the recovered solvent is thermally incinerated and 100 percent of the ink is recovered and remanufactured by the suppliers. Nothing is sent to a land fill. Arandell strives to recycle 100 percent of the process wastes created.
All of our presses use low VOC fountain solutions. We continually search for and use chemicals that are the least harmful to the environment.
Non-Hazardous Materials
Waste Oil: Oils make up 99% of the non-hazardous wastes. All of these are fuel blended. We realize that oil is a diminishing, non-renewable resource. These are closely managed and controlled and every effort is made to provide that our wastes are recycled into other products, such as fuel for the building materials industry.
Waste Papers: Waste paper from all of our presses is separated, shredded, and baled on site for recycling. White waste is delivered directly to a paper mill and processed back to reusable pulp. The mill converts the pulp into paper towels, napkins, facial tissues, or other recycled papers.
Office Waste Paper: White and mixed paper recycle bins and boxes are located throughout our offices and we encourage employees to recycle. We also use e-mail whenever possible to cut down on paper usage.
Brown and Corrugated Waste: Waste such as corrugated cartons and roll & skid wraps are collected and sold for recycling into bags, wrapped paper, place mats and chipboard.
Paper Roll Cores: We recycle the cores from every roll of paper that we run.
Pallets: Arandell has our own skids that we rebuild when necessary so that they may be used continuously in our plant. Scrapped pallets are returned to the suppliers to recycle the wood.
Saddle Wire Cores: We save every core that the saddle stitch wire comes on and when we have a truckload we send them back to the manufacturer for reuse.
Bands, Shrink and Stretch Wrap: A program has been developed to sort and bale plastic bands, shrink wrap and stretch wraps. These materials are returned to manufacturers for recycling.
Aluminum: Bins are located throughout our plant and office to collect aluminum cans for recycling. All aluminum and nickel press plates are collected and recycled.
Steel: We pry all steel core ends off of each roll of paper and have them recycled.
Operating Resources
Arandell has installed thermal incinerating dryers that are the most gas efficient models available. Wisconsin Gas has rewarded the company with rebates for using such efficient units. The dryers are also equipped with energy efficient motors, which we purchase for all of our equipment whenever it is available. These thermal incinerating dryers provide an additional source of heat that can be used in the manufacturing process, thus reducing consumption and conserving other energy resources. The radiant heat that is generated from the press dryers is also used to warm the pressroom. Arandell recently finished a building re-lighting project that saves 17 million kilowatts of energy - enough power to light a small town.
All of the dryers are equipped with thermal incinerators that have heat recovery systems. These incinerators are built into the dryers and use the ink solvent as fuel. The final product is air that is 99.99 percent VOC free - the air we output is cleaner than the air that was brought in.
Air Pollution
Arandell continues to invest in state-of-the-art pollution control equipment: Goss Contiweb and MegTec Thermal Incinerating Dryers. These dryers destroy 99.99 percent of all VOCs from ink vapors generated in the production process to help keep the air clean. The air we send out is actually cleaner than the air brought in.
Research and Development Work
Paper: We have run several grades of recycled and chlorine free papers for our clients, but have not yet tested non-wood papers. Arandell is always willing to run test rolls at the end of a customer's job.
Source Reduction. We feel strongly that our environmental responsibilities begin before any material is purchased. The steps we take early in the process provide benefits that affect the entire manufacturing activity. Because of our War on Waste, Statistical Process Control, and Manufacturing Requirements programs we are able to reduce the amount of raw materials that enter the manufacturing process. Costs and other disposal processes are reduced at the source, because waste and spoilage resulting from unused materials is minimized.
Skid Rack System. We have installed a very impressive skid rack and barcode tracking system that allows us to eliminate damage to catalog signatures and mail-in-process that would otherwise have been caused by double and triple stacking skids one on top of another. This reduces spoilage which allows us to print less and helps us avoid going back on press for signature shortages in the bindery.
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Arandell Corporation
N82 W13118 Leon Road
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Tel: 262.255.4400
Fax: 262.253.3162
Email: info@arandell.com
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